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White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques
196029 min 27 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: René BonnièrePierre Perrault
Script: Pierre PerraultJudith Crawley
Produced by Crawley Films Limited for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
This title is an acquisition.
On the North Shore of the St. Lawrence, the Otis family hunts for white whales and seals with rusty old rifles in hand-crafted boats. This is the traditional method of the Basque whalers who frequented the coast in the 16th century.
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Subject categories
- Fishing and Hunting Industries > HuntingQuebec and OntarioTraditional FishingWhaling
- History and Citizenship Education > First Occupants (to 1500)
- Geography > Human GeographyPhysical Geography/Geology
Credits
- director
- René Bonnière
- Pierre Perrault
- text
- Pierre Perrault
- English text
- Judith Crawley
- photography
- Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
- sound
- Tony Betts
- David Howells
- sound editing
- Barrie Howells
- narrator
- Lloyd Bochner
- music
- Larry Crosley